Retiring from any sort of emergency responder or military service career is a challenging experience. Embedded in the transition to civilian life is an adjustment not only to the difficult loss of a strong teamwork environment, but also the adjustment away from a perso...

For those of you who have followed Nalani’s story, you know that I started the dream of rescuing horses with almost no experience and knowledge - just a driving NEED to do SOMEthing after I learned about the side of the horse world most people aren’t aware of; the tens...

I remember the first moment I saw Remi tied up at the auction house with a wrinkled brow and hopeless expression. He was one of the first horses I saw that day, and he caught my eye right away because he looked pretty healthy. He wasn’t half starved like many of the ho...

"A horse is the only animal that will teach you more about yourself than them”. How many times have I read this quote? The lessons keep coming, and they are not at all the ones I expect.

When I started a horse rescue, I planned to rescue skinny horses, but not TOO skinn...

I like to write “feel good” stories about my experiences loving and working with the rescue horses I am so honored to have in my life. However, there are days when I am smacked with such a sobering dose of reality that I need to get it out. Today was one of those days....

I have been pretty open about the fact that I believed starting a horse rescue was my divine calling.  When I started talking about it, some of my friends suggested the “calling” was more likely about the people who would be involved.  I shot them down – nope, it’s all...

Why hasn’t such a cute horse like Teddy been adopted? I often get this question, and part of my mission is education on why horse rescue is SO needed, so here goes. For a horse, there is SO much more to being desired than being “cute”. Horses cost anywhere from hundred...

I’m not gonna lie – starting a horse rescue was WAY out of my league. I have only been in the horse world for about 5 years now. In that time I have worked hard to learn everything I need to know, but the learning curve is steep and nothing beats hands on experience. I...

We have been busy! I declared myself healthy enough to return to work full time in April, and the first order of business was to RESCUE A HORSE!! We planned a trip to New Holland, PA to hit the auction where many Amish horses (among others) are dumped in bad shape and...

Four months ago I was planning my next blog post – with Teddy’s impending adoption, it was going to include pictures with his new owner and talk about his future. I was writing it in my head with tears streaming down my face, spending every waking minute I could with T...